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The Vegetarian Society was established in Manchester, England in 1847, and is the oldest vegetarian organization in the world.

The Vegetarian Messenger became the official journal for The Vegetarian Society. This is volume 1.

The influence of…

In addition to abstaining from animal products, Alcott was also eco-friendly. He advocated for an Earth-loving lifestyle which was against using manure to enhance soil. Alcott sought to take the pressure off of animals who were forced to perform…

Here is a look inside one of the rooms at Fruitlands. The goal of the agrarian commune Fruitlands was to create a pacifistic utopia wherein residents could live, work, think, and exist with nature. Members of Fruitlands were strict vegans who wore…

Abigail May Alcott (October 8, 1800 – November 25, 1877) was a social reformer, abolitionist, author, and advocate for women's rights. Abigail was the wife of transcendentalist philosopher Bronson Alcott and mother to four daughters, including…

Bronson Alcott's compassionate emphasis on plant-based diets and his progressive teaching philosophies inspired students across the pond to open Alcott House, an experimental school in London constructed on theories and philosophies that Alcott built…

Charles Lane was an English-American Transcendentalist. Lane admired Alcott's philosophy of teaching and when Alcott traveled to England to drum up support for what would become the Fruitlands experiment, Lane was on board. Alcott was too broke to…

Amos Bronson Alcott was born in Wolcott, Connecticut on November 29, 1799.

Alcott educated himself and became one of the leading figures of New England Transcendentalism.

He infused transcendentalist ideas into a conversational style teaching…

Bronson Alcott spent most of his life putting philosophical theories and progressive education principles into the numerous school experiments that he created, namely the briefly successful Temple School in Boston. The next step in the evolution was…

Louisa May Alcott (November 29, 1832 – March 6, 1888) was an American writer best known for her novel Little Women.

Born in New England, she is the second daughter of Transcendentalist parents Amos Bronson and Abigail Alcott.

Louisa May's…

In 1841, students at the experimental school Alcott House (later renamed Concordia, though the building would retain Alcott’s namesake) began to print pamphlets called The Healthian, which would eventually be consolidated into an annual volume. The…